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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 261

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Pointed Helmet' Type, Penny, c. 1023-1029, London, Wynstan, + CNVT R•EX ANG, crowned and draped bust left, wearing pointed helmet, quatrefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + PYNSTAN ON LVN, voided short cross in pellet-tipped quatrefoil, pellet at each apex, 1.03g [15.90grns], 6h (Hildebrand 2843-2847 [Type G]; SCBI 14 [Copenhagen], 3066-3082; North 787; BMC XIV; Spink 1158), faint stress marks, otherwise attractively dark-toned with flares of underlying lustre, a pleasing and bolder very fine, albeit for some peripheral striking softness to reverse

Provenance

'IF', by private treaty, 2001 - £110

SCMB, October 1970, H3083 - VF - £28.0.0

SCMB, July 1970, H8 - VF - £28.0.0

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£100